Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Decorating for Christmas

I wanted to share some pictures of my friend Joy's house from savvycityfarmer http://savvycityfarmer.com/. Her house was beautifully decorated for the holidays.

What a great idea for using a high chair to hold books.

I especially love her mantle.

Here is a cute display.

Simple greenery really created a wonderful farmhouse look. I love seeing how Joy puts things together. It's never the same.

Since I have been feeling the holiday spirit along with some creativity, I created some tree decor with bottle brush trees and thread spools. I loved using the darker spools that still had thread on them with vintage jewelry as an embellishment.

I only had 2 larger thread spools and thought that they would make great looking trees. I also used a miniature oil can for one of the tree bases.

I created three of the trees with vintage trim and vintage jewelry as an embellishment. I found a few metal paper holder stands to use as the base for the trees.

Hi! I'm Milena

I love all things vintage. The more rusty and chipped the better. I hunt for treasures at flea markets, garage sales, thrift stores, rummage sales and even on the side of the road. I'll share my love of gardening, knitting, sewing and collecting. Come along on my pathtojunkentreasure!

Latest Rummage Sale Finds

Goodwill Opens in Huntley

3 Rummage Sales Treasures

Austin at the Harvard Exhibit

Crochet Apron

Ethan and Austin at the Elkhorn Flea Market

Me at the Elkhorn Flea Market

Felted Purse

Milk Glass/Head Vase

Rummage Sale Finds

Milk Glass from Goodwill

New Kitchen Chair

Rhine St. General Elkhart Lake WI

Farmers Market in Elkhart Lake WI

Yarn table

Nutcracker display

Doll house display

Interiors Anew

The dresser

Garden Chairs

I'm always on the lookout for items for my garden. I especially love the old iron chairs. I have purchased a few (I actually got one for $2 at a rummage sale) and I have found a few thrown out on the curb in someone's garbage. All I do is scrub off the peeling paint with steel wool, wash them well with soap and water and then spray paint them. The only chair I have left the way I found it is the chair in my billboard. I just love how the peeling paint and patina look.

Blue garden chairs

Green garden chairs

Other blue garden chairs

My Space at Carriage House Antiques

21 E. Crystal Lake Ave Crystal Lake IL

My collections

I really love collecting hammered aluminum pieces. At one time I had over 300 pieces. Since display space is limited, I have managed to keep only the pieces that I truly love. Here is a picture of some of those pieces.